The recent Eastern Alliance for Sustainable Learning (EASL) conference witnessed Sophie Morris, this year’s Environment Prefect, participating in a panel discussion after the viewing of the film Regenerating Australia directed by Damon Gameau.
The film asks “what would Australia look like in 2030 if we simply listened to the needs of its people?” You can view a film trailer HERE.
Sophie was asked to present the views of youth on a range of environmental topics. To her credit, she spoke with true compassion and demonstrated a willingness to do more and be an active participant in making positive change. The College is fortunate to have a such a sincere advocate for the environment. Sophie leads a dedicated crew of Green Team students that meet regularly to discuss actions to be undertaken around the College.
During this conference MLMC alumni Grace Staindl-Dymond (Class of 2019) presented a talk on ‘Engaging the disengaged: waste and litter awareness in secondary students’. The presentation was the culmination of her studies and research for her third year Global Challenges program in her Science degree at Monash University. MLMC is fortunate to have passionate environmental supportive students both from our present student cohort and our Old Collegians.
I am pictured above with Grace (far left) and Sophie as well as Assistant Business Manager Mrs Cathy Pote, who has been part of the College's sustainability initiatives for many years.
In other examples of the College’s commitment to improving sustainability, Year 10 Geography students recently undertook some practical fieldwork activities investigating the impacts of soil erosion within the College grounds. Read more about their work HERE.
Teacher Mr Paul Morgan also recently negotiated substantial grant funding from Melbourne Water which has allowed a dedicated team of staff and students to undertake a major revegetation/rehabilitation program at the College’s sports ground at Quarry Road (pictured below). This is an ongoing project involving students from the Science, VCE-VM and Humanities faculties contributing to the planning and labour. We will keep you updated on the progress of this major project.
Environment Prefect Sophie Morris on the panel at the conference.
The area at Quarry Road oval which will undergo a revegetation and rehabilitation program.
